Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:55:41 -0400 From: "Ogre " <Ogre@lowmips.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Finding package dependancies - Where are they? Message-ID: <200407220955.AA43843742@lowmips.com>
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With that said, are some packages (for lack of better words-->) "not supported" on certain builds? I'm running on a sparc box, 1.6.2. If you were to look at the packages available on 1.6.2, for sparc, there are none! =( Thanks for your time, Reggie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledome.gr> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:44:47 +0300 >It's a bit different. Assuming that you are using i386 and bourne shell: >export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6.2/i386/All >pkg_add -v mozilla >Simple as that, check out pkg_add(1) > >Cheers, NikV > >On Thursday 22 July 2004 16:34, Ogre wrote: >> Me again...I left out some pertinant info (the coffee hasnt kicked in yet >> :P) Yeah, I'm running NetBSD, 1.6.2. I just found documentation that >> pointed to the FreeBSD docs for more info...and when I RTFM for FreeBSD, I >> see theres a "-r" option for pkg_add that will fetch the correct everything >> for my package (right?). Looks like I may have answered my own question. >> I'll try this option tonight. Sorry for wasting your time! >> >> >> Reggie >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@wcborstel.nl> >> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:26:02 +0200 (CEST) >> >> >I'm not really sure if it matters or not, but using ftp.freebsd.org >> >might make a difference. Not sure if NetBSD uses the same ports-tree as >> >FreeBSD does. >> > >> >Cheers, >> > >> >Jorn >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> I've installing several packages (using pkg_add) lately, and tried >> > >> >many more. I generally use the pkg_add ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/(...) >> >method, with decent success. My problem is that I cannot always find >> >the packages I need! For example, while installing a package listed >> >under ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.6/sparc/All/, I've found that >> >a package dependancy was in >> >ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.3/sparc/All/!? In another case, >> >I could not find the dependancy in ANY of the distributions! >> > >> >> Am I just blind? What am I missing here? What is a good way to find >> > >> >where my dependancies reside, without having to search through every >> >distro's package list? What is the logic behind the layout? I'm assuming >> >that the packages listed for each distro just happened to be updated, or >> >ported, during that distro's upcoming? >> > >> >> Very confused. Please help. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Reggie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> > >> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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